Features I Get Visions In My Head And ADMITTED SICKNESS

Great looking car Cob, congratulations! HRP

 

I finally found the cure to all my old car/hot rod hoarding! I went directly to the very top of my [bucket?] list and built a 34 ford coupe exactly the way I wanted it. Took a number of years because my money comes in slow in my old age but I did it.
Then I tested my theory and bought a number 2 or maybe 3 car on my list........a 1950 Pontiac coupe in great shape. I got as far as getting the old straight-eight running and then the car sat in the garage, abandoned. I still spent all my time on the 34 so I sold off the Pontiac. Somedays I regret selling it but I don't really have the time, room or money for another project.

 

I remember driving over to your house and driving your old Dodge coupe around the block...what fun!
That must have been about 40 cars ago.

 

That's my life....Cars , thinking of cars , looking at cars , driving cars , building cars , dreaming of cars...wanted more cars....loving cars and the people that love cars...

 

Did that come that way from the factory? Weren’t they usually left hand threads on drivers side and right hand threads on the passenger side? Usually the left handed threaded studs have an L stamped on the end. When I was a kid I remember a few people twisting studs off, I was lucky Dad told me about the left handed threads.
Dan

 

I remember them being side specific as well. Had to do with the direction of the rotational force from the wheels on the lug nuts when stopping wanting to loosen lug nuts on the left side if they rotated right to tighten. That is, if I recall correctly.

 

@corncobcoupe I’ll bet someone swapped the front hubs side to side , probably when servicing or changing bearings.
@snoc653 the theory was as you said, most of the left handed studs have been replaced with right handed studs over the years.
Dan

 

Your car is clean and appears to have been well taken care of. Who knows about the wheel studs, I’m glad they dont do that anymore.
Dan

 

The 63 Service-Manual-Tempest-Chassis says the left hand threads were in fact on the left side of the car. Page 3A-1. I think you are correct and someone repacked the wheel bearings on both sides at the same time and simply put the hubs on the opposite sides. Not a big deal, just one of those little OCD things that was bugging me. The service manual is downloadable and was pretty easy to find. It won't let me copy and paste text from it, but it did answer the question.

 

You would think putting the left threaded studs on the right or passenger side would be the way to go if you wanted the wheel rotation to tighten the nuts. Hell I’m thinking to much, not real sure why the OEMs did it.
Dan

 

The title of this thread set of some memories for me. The "visions in my head and admitted sickness" were cured in 1971. I had an idea about a mid-engine '35 Ford 3-Window coupe with a Corvette rear suspension powered by a lightweight 340 Buick. I managed to acquire the first two of the three components mentioned, but struck out on the last. A partial mock-up of what I had convinced me that I was way off the trail, and, in fact got me out of the car hobby for twenty years. (That, and the failed rusty '34 Ford sedan delivery project.)

 

Hi, my name is David, and like CCC, I too have the addiction! That car brings back memories of my grandfather. He had a 62 with the same drivetrain. Zero to 60 in four and a half days? More like a week and a day! Measured the speed by hourglass and furlongs. Furlongs per fortnight!

waiting to see the rest of your hauli… I mean vision.

 

Sweet, I love it. I think the caps will look excellent.
Dan

 

Driver’s side for me, a little more sleeper looking IMHO.
Always thought it would be fun to have an altered wheelbase ‘63 Tempest or LeMans for the street.

 

I like sleepers, but I love the scoop and caps, really can’t go wrong either way, you sir have a conundrum on your hands.
Dan

 

I’d love to have one that nice . I’d have to have a mild V8 .

 

Great looking car!
Either way caps or not you can't go wrong, just add some slicks in the rear.

Paint A/FX on it and with that color it could run as Little Oly